I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people. Judy Blume More Quotes by Judy Blume More Quotes From Judy Blume I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve. Judy Blume bookstores twelve children Something awful happens to a person who grows up as a creative kid and suddenly finds no creative outlet as an adult. Judy Blume growing-up opportunity kids Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination. Judy Blume determination people thinking What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters. Judy Blume writing morning character [ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers. Judy Blume teenager adults world The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books. Judy Blume creative book thinking My mother was my greatest fan. Judy Blume fans mother Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination. Judy Blume my-imagination imagination ideas I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose! Judy Blume plot character ideas In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear. Judy Blume loss teacher book Fear is often disguised as moral outrage. Judy Blume outrage censorship-in-books moral I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with, it's like having the pieces of a puzzle. I just have to put the pieces together to make a picture. Judy Blume pieces together writing A good writer is always a people watcher. Judy Blume watchers good-writers people First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write. Judy Blume focus writing two Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it. Judy Blume offensive fighting book The truth will make you odd. Judy Blume odd truth I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside. Judy Blume fearful fearless writing I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret." Judy Blume reviews new-york knows There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone. Judy Blume speak play book I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life. Judy Blume sick writing book